2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Background
Khürelsükh promised to dissolve the cabalistic MANAN (a play on words between the Mongolian word for fog  and the combined acronyms used by the two political parties involved) as part of a larger initiative to address corruption and restore justice. Khürelsükh received widespread public support for this on social media. At this point the judiciary was widely seen as the only remaining branch of government that posed a threat to Khürelsükh and President Battulga. Prosecutor General M.Enkh-Amgalan was a vocal critic of parliamentarians involved with the SME loan scandal.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Events
Shortly after the public apology in late March 2019 by Minister of Justice Tsendiin Nyamdorj for the torture of suspects indicted for the 1998 murder of Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, the National Security Council of Mongolia sent an urgent order dated 25 March 2019, to President Battulga. The National Security Council of Mongolia currently includes the President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of Parliament.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Events
President Battulga proposed the law to Parliament on 26 March. The opposing Democratic Party criticized the law as an attempt to seize state authority by force. Many law professors, lawyers, and former members of parliament protested that the National Security Council is not a constitutional body and warned of the dangers of putting the judiciary in the hands of the legislature and executive branches, particularly the long-term consequences of depreciating the checks and balances that underlie the 1992 Mongolian constitution. Former President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj held a press conference criticizing the law.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Events
On 27 March, Parliament convened to ratify the law, where they first viewed and discussed the classified footage of the torture of Sanjaasürengiin Zorig's alleged murderers before voting. Despite members of the Democratic Party leaving parliament hall and refusing to vote, the law was ratified by a significant majority. The following day, both the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Ts.Zorig, and Prosecutor General of Mongolia, M.Enkh-Amgalan, were dismissed by Presidential order. B.Amgalanbaatar, alleged to be involved with the SME loan scandal, took charge as Acting Prosecutor General.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Events
The torture video was shown to journalists on 29 March 2019, who were then allowed to convey its contents to the general public through written descriptions and drawings.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Reactions
Amnesty International of Mongolia published an announcement on 28 March 2019, stating that the recently ratified law posed a serious threat to the independence of the judiciary branch and increased the risk of further illegal torture.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Reactions
Prominent lawyers said they would appeal to the Constitutional Court of Mongolia. Foreign language news did not report on the events. Mongolian media reported heavily on the events and social media platforms were active with discussion. The only English language article related to the constitutional crisis was posted on the UB Post.


2019 Mongolian constitutional crisis, Reactions
The National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia complained that Parliament only now took note of torture despite previously being notified 13 times from the Commission regarding torture.


2019 Monmouth Hawks football team
The 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 27th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth finished the season 11–3 overall and 6–0 in Big South play to win the conference title. The Hawks received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. They defeated Holy Cross in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.


2019 Monmouth Hawks football team, Previous season
The Hawks finished the 2018 season 8–3, 4–1 in Big South play to finish in second place in the Big South.


2019 Monmouth Hawks football team, Preseason, Big South poll
In the Big South preseason poll released on July 21, 2019, the Hawks were predicted to finish in second place.


2019 Monmouth Hawks football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Big South team
The Hawks had five players selected to the preseason all-Big South team.


2019 Monmouth Hawks football team, FCS Playoffs
The Hawks received an automatic bid (due to winning their conference) for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Holy Cross.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
The 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXV) was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 18, 2019 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 88 laps—extended from 85 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the second exhibition race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2019 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Practice, Monster Energy Open/All-Star first practice
Aric Almirola was the fastest in the Open/All-Star first practice session with a time of 29.775 seconds and a speed of 181.360 mph (291.871 km/h).


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Practice, Monster Energy Open final practice
Daniel Hemric was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open final practice session with a time of 29.961 seconds and a speed of 180.234 mph (290.059 km/h).


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Practice, Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice
Austin Dillon was the fastest in the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race final practice session with a time of 30.092 seconds and a speed of 179.450 mph (288.797 km/h).


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (Open)
Daniel Hemric scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.643 and a speed of 182.168 mph (293.171 km/h).


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (All-Star Race)
Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 118.794 and a speed of 136.371 mph (219.468 km/h).


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, All-Star Race, Race
The pole-sitter was Clint Bowyer, although the person who dominated the race was Kevin Harvick, seeking his second win in the All-Star Race and his first All-Star win since 2007. Kyle Larson took the lead in the #42 Chevrolet with 13 laps to go and held it to the end, winning his first All-Star Race victory.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, All-Star Race, Post-race Scuffle
On the final lap of the race, pole-sitter Clint Bowyer chopped into the front of Ryan Newman's #6 Acorns Ford Fusion, almost taking both cars out of the race. When the checkered flag waved and during the cool-down lap, Newman tapped Bowyer in the back, igniting a post-race scuffle that ended with Bowyer running up to Newman's car and punching him several times while Newman was strapped in his car. Both drivers were summoned to the NASCAR Hauler post-race, but no penalties were assessed to either driver.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Television
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. The lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. This was Waltrip's final planned All Star race in the booth, as he retired from NASCAR broadcasting after the June 23rd Toyota/Save Mart 350 (although he was a guest during the 2020 broadcast). Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, Steve Post and Dillon Welch were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The 2019 NASCAR Cup Series (also known as the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for sponsorship reasons) was the 71st season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 48th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Gander RV Duel qualifying races and the 61st running of the Daytona 500. The regular season ended with the Brickyard 400 in September. The playoffs ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead–Miami Speedway on November 17, 2019. Joey Logano of Team Penske entered as the defending series champion.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The 2019 season was the fifth of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the fourth of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks. It was the first season in which Ford fielded the Mustang GT, replacing the Fusion. This was the final season of title sponsor Monster Energy, as NASCAR rejected the energy drink company's extension offer in favor of a new tiered sponsorship model. This was also the final season for Darrell Waltrip covering races in the booth as during the season he announced that the June 23 Toyota/Save Mart 350 would be his last race as a broadcaster.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Following the 2019 Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing clinched his second consecutive Regular Season Championship.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Busch then went on to win the championship after winning at the season finale at Homestead. It was his second championship and the first he won after competing in all 36 races during the season, after his injury in 2015 sidelined him for the first 11 races of that season. Busch had won four of the first 14 races of the season, before enduring a 21-race winless streak. His early-season success did give him plenty of playoff points and carried him through the Round of 8 at the expense of 2018 champion Logano on points.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The other members of the Championship 4 all qualified through wins in the semifinal phase. Those were Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin, who finished in that order among the title contenders at Homestead. Truex and Harvick had finished second and third also in the 2018 title race. Reigning champion Logano ended up fifth in the overall standings. Hamlin, while missing out on the title, was the Daytona 500 winner. Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota had three of the four title contenders and won 19 of the 36 races. Alex Bowman and Justin Haley obtained their first career victories, whereas Daniel Hemric won Rookie of the Year honors. Seven-time Series Champion Jimmie Johnson would miss the Playoffs for the first time since its inception in 2004 after fifteen consecutive appearances.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The 2019 season was the last full-time season for drivers David Ragan and Paul Menard, who each retired after twelve years of racing full-time in the Cup Series. It was also inadvertently the last season to feature Chicagoland Speedway. After having its event cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the track was dropped from the schedule for 2021.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule
The 2019 dates and venues were released on April 3, 2018, and the start times on December 11, 2018. There were no schedule changes from the 2018 season, except to move the Las Vegas playoff race to prime time (7pm ET). The Sonoma Raceway returned to the original 2.52 mile course configuration for the first time since 1997; otherwise the venues were unchanged.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule
Bolded races indicate a NASCAR Major also known as Crown Jewel race


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
In Daytona 500 qualifying, William Byron won the pole while Alex Bowman qualified second. This was the fifth consecutive Daytona 500 pole won by Hendrick Motorsports and the first with all four cars in the top 4.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Daytona Speedweeks started with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, with Paul Menard drawing the pole and leading the most laps. The race went under a red flag after the first few laps due to rain. The race returned to green and then the field pitted for the competition caution followed by another red flag for rain. After the restart, Jimmie Johnson spun Menard, resulting in "The Big One" that claimed most of the field including Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, and Clint Bowyer. The race went red again due to rain during the caution and it was called, giving the win to Johnson.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
In the Duels on Thursday, Byron led the first Duel. Kyle Busch spun after making contact with Johnson. Harvick took the lead after pit stops and held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the win. In the second duel, Bowman started in the lead. Joey Logano made a last lap pass on Bowyer to win.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
William Byron started on pole. Kyle Busch won the first stage while Kurt Busch spun. Ryan Blaney won the second stage. Cody Ware spun when coming to pit road and collected Tyler Reddick and Jimmie Johnson. Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski both spun after tire issues. Matt DiBenedetto led the most laps, but was involved in an accident with Blaney, Paul Menard, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., and others. On the restart, Clint Bowyer got turned and collected Byron, Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman, and others. In overtime, Denny Hamlin was able to hold off teammate Kyle Busch for his second Daytona 500 win in four years.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Aric Almirola started on pole. Kyle Larson won the first stage while Kevin Harvick won the second stage. Some top runners including Almirola, Larson, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had speeding penalties. Kyle Busch got into the wall and had a tire go down. During the final round of green flag pit stops, Ryan Preece ran into the back of B.J. McLeod. Brad Keselowski, battling the flu, took the lead from teammate Joey Logano and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his second Atlanta win and his 60th win overall at Team Penske across Cup and Xfinity.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon suffered pit road penalties in the first stage during green flag stops. Harvick won the first stage of the race. In the second stage, Kyle Busch had a speeding penalty while making a pit stop under green flag. Joey Logano won the second stage of the race. In the final stage, Logano held off teammate Brad Keselowski to win the race.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Ryan Blaney started the race from pole position. In the first stage, Erik Jones spun from a flat tire and Brad Keselowski hit the wall after an issue in the right front of the car caused a tire to go down. Blaney won the first stage of the race and Kyle Busch won the second stage of the race. In the final stage, Michael McDowell and Ryan Preece were involved in wrecks while Matt DiBenedetto had a mechanical issue. Blaney was leading late in the race until Kyle Busch passed him with 17 laps to go. Kyle Busch went on to win the race, his first win of the season, and completed a weekend sweep, having won the Xfinity Series race the day before.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Austin Dillon started the race on pole. Toward the end of the first stage, Austin Dillon had a tire go down. Kyle Busch went on to win the first stage and the second stage of the race. Kyle Busch had a pit road speeding penalty at the end of the second stage, giving the lead to Brad Keselowski. In the final stage of the race, Bubba Wallace brought out a caution during a round of green-flag pit stops, putting Kyle Busch back toward the front. Kyle Busch took the lead and would go on to win his second straight race and 200th race across all three national series, tying the record set by Richard Petty.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Joey Logano started on pole. Michael McDowell got into the wall and Ty Dillon and William Byron got together. Kyle Larson got into McDowell, ending the day for McDowell. Brad Keselowski won both stages and dominated, leading 446 laps and holding off Chase Elliott for his second win of the season and second at Martinsville.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Jimmie Johnson started on pole. Erik Jones spun early as Brad Keselowski had to go to the garage for several laps due to rear-end issues. Johnson led most of the stage. Joey Logano was able to get the lead off pit road and win the first stage. Daniel Hemric had a tire go down and spun and Kyle Larson slammed the wall and caught on fire. Denny Hamlin was able to get the lead off pit road and won the second stage. Ryan Blaney had led until his engine expired.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Busch led the most laps, but got loose and got into the wall and had to go to pit road. Hamlin, who suffered back-to-back pit road penalties, was able to get back in the lead after the final round of green-flag pit stops and held off Clint Bowyer for his second win of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott started the race on pole while Kevin Harvick had to start from the rear and serve a pass-through penalty for failing pre-race inspection. At the beginning of the race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into Kyle Busch and sent him spinning, with Aric Almirola also involved in the wreck. Ty Dillon won the first stage while Joey Logano won the second stage. Ryan Blaney led the most laps in the race. Elliott was spun from contact from behind toward the end of the second stage and lost power steering.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
In the final stage, Kyle Larson made contact with another car and got in a wreck with William Byron, Denny Hamlin got a pit road speeding penalty while leading, and Clint Bowyer cut a tire and got into the wall. During a late caution, most of the leaders came to pit road while a few cars stayed out, giving the lead to Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch held off his older brother Kurt Busch to win the race, his third win of the season and eighth at Bristol.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Harvick led early, but Kyle Busch took the lead and won the first stage. Kyle Larson spun and slammed the wall. Joey Logano would take the lead and win the second stage. Michael McDowell had a tire go down and slammed the wall. Martin Truex Jr. took the lead and led the most laps. Clint Bowyer was able to catch Truex and take the lead, but Truex regained the lead after the final round of green-flag pit stops. Bowyer got to Truex's bumper and tried to take the lead, but was unable to and lost second to Logano. Truex continued to lead with Logano on his bumper and Truex was able to hold on for his first career short-track win in his first of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Austin Dillon started on pole. Bubba Wallace spun and collected Michael McDowell, Matt Tifft, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, and Kevin Harvick. Most of the top runners had to pit, giving the lead to Ty Dillon, who won his second stage win. Chase Elliott won the second stage and led the most laps. Chris Buescher spun and collected Justin Haley and Martin Truex Jr., which brought out the red flag.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
On the restart, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slammed the wall and then David Ragan and	William Byron got together and collected Jeffrey Earnhardt and Kyle Larson, who went airborne and barrel-rolled down the back straightaway. Chase Elliott was out front of teammate Alex Bowman when the caution came out, giving Elliott his and Chevrolet's first win of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. Chase Elliott started on pole and dominated, leading the most laps. Joey Logano won the first stage while Martin Truex Jr. passed Alex Bowman to win the second stage. Truex continued to lead and pulled away from Bowman for his second win of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Denny Hamlin had a tire go down and got into the wall. Harvick won the first stage and Chase Elliott passed Harvick and won the second stage. Ryan Blaney got in the wall and had a tire go down, but made it to pit road. Harvick had to go to pit road due to a tire going down. Alex Bowman took the lead from Elliott and was heading to the win, but lost the lead to Brad Keselowski. Kyle Busch had a tire rub and had to pit while Matt DiBenedetto had an engine blow up, sending the race into overtime. Keselowski held off a charging Bowman for his third win of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
In the Monster Energy Open, Daniel Hemric started on pole. William Byron won the first stage to advance to the All-Star Race in a close overtime finish against Darrell Wallace Jr. In the second stage, Hemric and Ryan Preece wrecked and brought an overtime finish. Wallace Jr. won the second stage to advance to the All-Star Race in a close finish against Daniel Suarez, who went spinning through the grass. In the final stage, Kyle Larson passed Ty Dillon to win the race and advance to the All-Star Race. Alex Bowman won the fan vote to get into the All-Star Race.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Clint Bowyer started on pole for the All-Star Race. Kyle Busch won the first stage, Kevin Harvick won the second stage, and Joey Logano won the third stage. Several drivers had issues during the race, including Erik Jones, who got into the wall multiple times, and Denny Hamlin, who went for a spin after cutting a tire. In the final stage, Larson, who raced into the All-Star Race through the Monster Energy Open, got a push from Harvick to take the lead and win the All-Star Race, holding off Harvick and Kyle Busch.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
William Byron started on pole, becoming the youngest Coke 600 pole winner. Erik Jones, Matt DiBenedetto, and Martin Truex Jr. had tire issues, sending them into the wall. Kyle Busch made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who spun. Daniel Hemric got into Clint Bowyer as Brad Keselowski won the first stage. Drivers had tire issues including Chris Buescher, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Preece. Keselowski won the second stage. Bayley Currey slammed the wall after contact with Truex, who won the third stage. Kurt Busch got loose and spun into brother Kyle Busch.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson got loose on the backstraightaway and spun, collecting Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Bowyer, and Preece. Hamlin cut a tire and slammed the wall and Keselowski spun coming to pit road. On the restart, Hamlin spun and slammed the wall while Martin Truex Jr. held off Joey Logano for his third win of the season and his second Coke 600.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
William Byron started on pole for the second straight week and led until the competition caution. Austin Dillon made contact with Paul Menard and got into the wall. Kyle Larson took the lead off pit road and won the first stage. Matt DiBenedetto and Matt Tifft spun while Corey Lajoie got into the wall. Larson took back the lead to win the second stage. Kevin Harvick got the lead after green flag pit stops, but had an uncontrolled tire penalty, giving the lead to Kyle Busch. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had a tire go down and slammed the wall. On the restart, Larson got into the wall and had to pit. Busch held off Brad Keselowski for his fourth win of the season and his third at Pocono.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. Joey Logano started on pole. Logano held off Alex Bowman to win the first stage. The leaders pitted for fuel as Austin Dillon stayed out to win the second stage over Kevin Harvick. Clint Bowyer spun and slammed the wall after contact with Erik Jones. Jones had a tire go down, sending the race into overtime. Logano pulled away on the restart and held off Kurt Busch for his second win of the season and second at Michigan.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson started on pole. William Byron took the lead at the start and won the first stage. Several drivers spun including Clint Bowyer, Aric Almirola, and Paul Menard. Denny Hamlin stayed out during green flag pit stops and won the second stage. Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps and took the lead from Kyle Busch for his fourth win of the season, his third at Sonoma, and the first driver since Jeff Gordon to win consecutive Sonoma races.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Austin Dillon started on pole. Jimmie Johnson took the lead and a caution came out for rain in the area. The race was then red-flagged and the race resumed. Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch got into the wall with flat tires bringing out the caution allowing Denny Hamlin to win the first stage. Kevin Harvick held off Chase Elliott to win the second stage. Harvick got loose and got in the wall and Bowyer spun after another flat tire. Alex Bowman took the lead and had a big gap on the field until Kyle Larson was able to run him down due to lapped traffic. Larson took the lead from Bowman, but Bowman retook the lead and held off Larson for his first career win.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Joey Logano started on pole after qualifying was canceled due to rain. The race was postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain. Logano won the first stage. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun and Kurt Busch spun in the wall. Brad Keselowski got into the wall and collected Kevin Harvick, Daniel Suarez, and Daniel Hemric. Austin Dillon won the second stage. Dillon got turned while leading collecting most of the field including Logano, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr., Stenhouse, Chase Elliott, and Denny Hamlin.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
During the caution, the field was brought down pit road due to lightning and rain caused the race to end under a red flag, thus giving Justin Haley the win as he was the leader for his first career Cup win in just his third start. Haley's win is also the first Cup series win by a non-Cup driver since Brian Vickers at New Hampshire in 2013.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Daniel Suarez started on pole. Chase Elliott had a tire go down and Corey LaJoie and Landon Cassill spun. The Busch brothers dominated the majority of the race with Kurt winning the first stage and Kyle winning the second stage. Austin Dillon exited the race due to losing fourth gear. Jimmie Johnson had a tire go down and hit the wall before spinning. Joey Logano passed Kyle Busch for the lead and was heading to the win until Bubba Wallace had a tire go down and spun, sending the race to overtime. Kurt Busch held off brother Kyle for his first win of the season with Chip Ganassi Racing.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Brad Keselowski started on pole. Austin Dillon had a tire go down. Kyle Busch won the first stage and Daniel Suarez spun and collected Daniel Hemric. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slammed the wall while battling Erik Jones. Clint Bowyer got in the wall after contact with Martin Truex Jr. Aric Almirola won the second stage as Chase Elliott and Jimmie Johnson had engine and power steering issues respectively. Austin Dillon had another tire issue. Kyle Larson spun after contact with Alex Bowman. Kyle Busch got in the wall and Larson again slammed the wall. Kevin Harvick held off Denny Hamlin on old tires for his first win of the year.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Brad Keselowski had to pit early after getting into the wall. Kyle Busch won the first stage. Chase Elliott had a flat tire and slammed the wall. Daniel Suarez and Ryan Blaney made contact, sending Blaney spinning as Jimmie Johnson won the second stage. Ryan Preece blew a tire and slammed the wall. Kurt Busch got into the wall and spun after contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and collected Michael McDowell. Denny Hamlin saved enough fuel to hold off teammate Erik Jones in overtime for his third win of the season and fifth at Pocono.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott started on pole. Kyle Busch spun early and made contact with William Byron as Elliott won the first stage. Bubba Wallace spun into the wall as Elliott won the second stage. Jimmie Johnson spun after contact with Ryan Blaney as Kyle Busch spun after contact from Wallace. Elliott continue to dominate and held off Martin Truex Jr. for his second win of the season and his second straight at Watkins Glen.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Brad Keselowski started on pole. Jimmie Johnson slammed the wall as Martin Truex Jr. won the first stage. Keselowski had a flat tire and spun. Kyle Busch won the second stage as Aric Almirola, Austin Dillon, and Daniel Hemric spun. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun as Spencer Boyd spun in the wall. Kevin Harvick took the lead from Joey Logano and held off Denny Hamlin for his second win of the season and his second consecutive at this race.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Denny Hamlin started on pole. Austin Dillon had a tire go down and made contact with Jimmie Johnson. Kyle Larson edged pit Chase Elliott to win the first stage. Aric Almirola had tire issues and spun twice and Clint Bowyer spun. Kurt Busch edged Daniel Suarez to win the second stage. Alex Bowman had a tire go down and collected Joey Logano. Ryan Blaney got into the wall along with Michael McDowell, David Ragan, and Johnson. Matt DiBenedetto led the most laps, but Hamlin passed him for the lead to win for his fourth race of the season.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
William Byron won the pole, becoming the youngest Southern 500 pole winner. The race was delayed a few hours due to rain. Kurt Busch won the first stage. Ryan Newman spun after contact with Daniel Suarez. Joey Logano had to two unscheduled stops due to flat tires. Brad Keselowski slammed the wall, causing the second stage to end under caution with Kyle Busch as the winner. Daniel Hemric spun and collected Michael McDowell, Jimmie Johnson, and	Denny Hamlin. Kyle Busch slammed the wall after having a flat tire as Erik Jones held off Kyle Larson for his second career win. With his third-place finish, Kyle Busch clinched the Regular Season Championship.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole for the regular season finale. Landon Cassill slammed the wall hard. Erik Jones and Brad Keselowski made contact, sending Keselowski hard into the tire barrier as Joey Logano won the first stage. Kyle Busch had a tire go down and had to pit, but the engine blew up and the car caught fire. Harvick won the second stage under caution. Kurt Busch slammed the wall along Paul Menard, Parker Kligerman and Jimmie Johnson, who was unable to continue thus making the first time Johnson did not make the Playoffs. Kyle Larson hit the wall as well as Alex Bowman. Harvick dominated and held off Logano for his third win of the season and his second Brickyard 400. Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman clinched the final two Playoff spots.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Clint Bowyer started on pole. Kyle Busch got into the wall and had to pit, going two Laps down to fix the damage. Joey Logano dominated and won the first stage while Martin Truex Jr. won the second stage. William Byron spun while Logano made contact with Daniel Suarez and Chase Elliott, causing him and Elliott to pit. Kurt Busch slammed the wall after having a flat tire. Truex took the lead from Kevin Harvick to get his fifth win of the season and punching his ticket to the next round of the Playoffs.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Brad Keselowski started on pole. Martin Truex Jr. won the first stage. Alex Bowman spun after contact with Austin Dillon and Reed Sorenson slammed the wall. Kyle Busch won the second stage and dominated. Truex spun while leading after making contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Truex was able to take the lead from Kyle Busch and pull away to sweep the season at Richmond and get his sixth win of the season and going back-to-back for the first time in his career. Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick clenched spots in the next round of the Playoffs. After the race, Jones' car failed post-race inspection, regulating him to a last place finish, making it the first time that a driver was disqualified in the MENCS under the new inspection rule.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
William Byron started on pole. Jimmie Johnson spun and collected Erik Jones, sending him to the garage. Kyle Larson won the first stage while Chase Elliott won the second stage. Elliott slid head-on into the wall on the restart. Ryan Newman spun into the wall along with Denny Hamlin as Daniel Suarez slammed the wall and spun. Chase Elliott was able to drive from the back to take the lead from Kevin Harvick and hold off teammate Alex Bowman for his third win of the season. Kurt Busch, Newman, Aric Almirola, and Jones were eliminated from the Playoffs.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Denny Hamlin won the pole with a new track record. Joey Logano had to go to the garage before the race to change a broken drive shaft. Chase Elliott was taken out after blowing an engine. Hamlin dominated and won the first stage while Martin Truex Jr. won the second stage. Ryan Blaney was taken out after brake issues. Kyle Larson took the lead from the dominant Hamlin and held off Truex Jr. for his first win since 2017 and advancing to the next round of the Playoffs.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott started on the pole. The race started on Sunday with William Byron winning Stage 1. At this point, it started raining, with the rain postponing the remainder of the race until Monday. Stage 2 started on Monday with Ryan Blaney leading the field to green. With three laps to go in the stage Joey Logano bumped Alex Bowman from the lead collecting Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, and others. Clint Bowyer won Stage 2 under caution. The second big one happened when Kurt Busch got into Byron. collecting Logano and others.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Bowyer spun into the banking of turn 3, leaving him stuck. The third big one happened with 7 laps to go caused by Kyle Busch collecting Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick and several others. Brendan Gaughan took the worst hit as his car ended up flipping midair once before landing back on its wheels. Blaney led the field back to green with three laps to go on the last lap Ryan Newman was leading when Blaney made the winning move bumping into Newman, causing a photo finish. On the replay it showed Blaney beating Newman by .007 seconds locking Blaney into the round of 8. This finish marked the 6th closest finish in NASCAR history.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Daniel Hemric started the race on pole. Joey Logano won the first stage while Denny Hamlin won the second stage. Hamlin dominated and led the most laps in the race. Late in the race, Bubba Wallace and Matt Tifft wrecked to set up an overtime finish. During the first overtime, Hemric and Daniel Suarez crashed right before the white flag came out, setting up a second overtime finish. During the second overtime, Hamlin held off Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch to win the race, his fifth win of the season. Following the race, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer, and William Byron were eliminated from the playoffs.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Denny Hamlin started on pole. Martin Truex Jr. dominated and won both stages. Chase Elliott was forced to the garage with a broken axle and returned to the race several laps down. Ty Dillon spun while Austin Dillon and Clint Bowyer both had flat tires. Kyle Busch and Aric Almirola made contact and both spun collecting Ryan Preece and Jimmie Johnson. Hamlin and Joey Logano made contact, putting Logano in the wall and spinning with a flat tire. Truex held off William Byron for his seventh win of the season and capturing a Championship 4 spot in Miami.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Chase Elliott slammed the wall and went several laps down. Brad Keselowski got into the wall and was slammed into by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Corey LaJoie got into the wall twice as Kevin Harvick beat out teammate Clint Bowyer for the first stage win. Aric Almirola dominated and won the second stage. Jimmie Johnson led several laps until he got into the wall. Harvick got a pit road penalty and went a lap down. Harvick eventually got back on the lead lap and took the lead from Almirola and drove to his fourth win of the season and capturing a Championship 4 spot in Miami.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Busch started on pole. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had a tire go down and brought out the caution. Denny Hamlin won the first stage while Joey Logano won the second stage. Chase Elliott had a flat tire and slammed the wall, ending his championship run. John Hunter Nemechek had a flat tire that brought out the caution. Hamlin held off Kyle Busch for his sixth win of the season and joining Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. in the Championship 4. Kyle Busch clinched the final spot over Logano on points while Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Logano, and Kyle Larson were eliminated from the Playoffs.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Denny Hamlin started on pole after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Martin Truex Jr. won the first stage while Kyle Busch won the second stage. Truex went a lap down after a pit road miscalculation with the tires as one tire was put on the wrong side of the car. John Hunter Nemechek had a tire go down and spun. Hamlin went a lap down after trouble on pit road with overheating due to too much tape put on the grill. Kyle Busch held off Truex for his fifth win of the season and winning his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 3 – Stage 3 winner. 1–10 - Regular season top 10 finishers.


2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Results and standings, Drivers' Championship
. – Eliminated after Round of 16. – Eliminated after Round of 12. – Eliminated after Round of 8


2019 Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
The 2019 Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge was the first edition of the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge road cycling one day race. It was held on 17 June 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1.


2019 Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
The race, which started in Vaison-la-Romaine and finished at the summit of Mont Ventoux, was won by Jesús Herrada of Cofidis.


2019 Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge, Teams
Twelve teams participated in the race, of which three were UCI WorldTour teams, seven were UCI Professional Continental teams, and two were UCI Continental Teams. Each team could enter up to seven riders; however, Groupama–FDJ and Total Direct Énergie entered only six, and EF Education First entered only five, meaning the race began with a peloton of 80 riders. Of these riders, 54 finished, 12 finished but were over the time limit, and 14 did not finish.


2019 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Bobby Hauck, ninth overall as he previously was head coach from 2003–2009, and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana as a charter member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the second round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals.


2019 Montana Grizzlies football team, Previous season
The Grizzlies finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2019 Montana Grizzlies football team, Preseason, Big Sky preseason poll
The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Grizzlies were picked to finish in fifth place by the media, and in fourth place by the coaches.


2019 Montana Grizzlies football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Grizzlies had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.


2019 Montana Grizzlies football team, FCS Playoffs
The Grizzlies entered the postseason tournament as the number six seed, with a first-round bye.


2019 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Choate and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.


2019 Montana State Bobcats football team, Previous season
The Bobcats finished the 2018 season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Incarnate Word in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.


2019 Montana State Bobcats football team, Preseason, Big Sky preseason poll
The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Bobcats were picked to finish in fourth place by the media, and in fifth place by the coaches.


2019 Montana State Bobcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Bobcats had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.


2019 Montana State Bobcats football team, FCS Playoffs
The Bobcats entered the postseason tournament as the number five seed, with a first-round bye.


2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round
The 2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 24 and 25 May 2019 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte-Carlo, Monaco as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the fourth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.


2019 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round, Background, Driver changes
Artem Markelov made a one-off return as a replacement for Jordan King at MP Motorsport, who was competing in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2019 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 87e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 25 and 28 January 2019. It marked the eighty-seventh running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. It was also the first round of the World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France and consists of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 322.81 km (200.58 mi).


2019 Monte Carlo Rally
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but did not enter the rally. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame were the reigning rally winners, but did not defend their title as the WRC-3 category was discontinued in 2019.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The victory also marked the 100th world rally success for the French manufacturer. The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson became the first crew to win an event in the WRC-2 Pro category, while Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing second in the combined WRC-2 category.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally, Background, Entry list
The following crews are entered into the rally. The event is open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and WRC-2 Pro, the FIA R-GT Cup, and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. Eighty-four crews registered to compete, including eleven competing with World Rally Cars and eleven in World Rally Championship-2. Three of these crews were nominated to score points in the WRC-2 Pro class, but one withdrew before the rally and the crew became a regular WRC-2 entrant.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally, Background, Route
The rally route is made up of 323.83 km (201.22 mi) in competitive stages, making the 2019 route the shortest since the 2004 event. The route will be 71.93 km (44.7 mi) shorter than the one used in 2018. The Thoard — Sisteron and Bayons — Bréziers were removed from the itinerary and replaced by a new stage from La Bréole to Selonnet and the revival of the Avançon — Notre-Dame-du-Laus stage, which had not been contested for a decade. The opening day's stages were also revised to be better-centred around the rally base in Gap. The second and third leg of the rally were unchanged from the 2018 event. The route was revised after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile introduced rule changes for the 2019 championship that limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi).


2019 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, World Rally Cars
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took the early lead during the first two night stages. However, their lead was short-lived as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul moved to the front after the cancellation of the third stage. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia then took over the rally as the Belgian crew missed a junction. Eventually, the six-time world champions won the rally for the sixth time in a row. Neuville and Gilsoul were second, 2.2 seconds behind Ogier and Ingrassia, thus making 2019 the closest finish to the Monte Carlo Rally in history. The previous closest finish was the 1979 edition, with Bernard Darniche winning by just 6.6 seconds over Björn Waldegård.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters
The 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament for male professional players played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 113th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, sponsored by Rolex for the 11th time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (though billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco). The event was on the 2019 ATP Tour.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, Points
Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles
Nikola Mektić and Franko Škugor won the title, defeating Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9].


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles
Fabio Fognini defeated Dušan Lajović in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Singles title at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was his first ATP Tour Masters 1000 title.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles
Rafael Nadal was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Fognini.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests
In February 2019, protests began in Montenegro against President Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister Duško Marković, and the government led by the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which has been in power since the introduction of multi-party system in 1990.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests
The anti-government protests have been organized by the civil sector of the Montenegrin society, concurrently with the  protests in the neighboring Serbia, that had similar goals.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests
The protests failed in mid-2019. Involved in corruption affairs within the government and the ruling DPS remain in their offices.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, Allegations of corruption
In 2015, the investigative journalists' network OCCRP named Montenegro's long-time president and Prime Minister Milo Đukanović "Person of the Year in Organized Crime"; five years prior the British daily The Independent placed him on a list of the world's top 20 richest leaders, describing the source of his wealth as "mysterious". Đukanović denies most of the claims about his wealth.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, Allegations of corruption
In 2016, Vice President Svetozar Marović of Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) was arrested in connection to a long-running corruption case concerning his hometown of Budva; the Montenegrin prosecutor's office labeled him as "head of Budva criminal group," which he later admitted in court.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, The "Atlas" and "Envelope" affairs
In mid-January, a video clip from 2016 surfaced in which President Đukanovićs former ally, businessman Duško Knežević, chairman of the Montenegro-based Atlas Group, appeared to hand the Mayor of Podgorica and high-ranked DPS member, Slavoljub Stijepović, an envelope containing what Knežević later said was $97,000, to fund a Democratic Party of Socialists parliamentary election campaign. After fleeing to London, Knežević told the media he had been providing such unreported money to the DPS for the past 25 years.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, The "Atlas" and "Envelope" affairs
Another video Knežević released in February showed a senior Montenegrin Central Bank official asking for a bribe for not sending inspectors into one of Knežević's banks. He has also released documents claiming proof that he helped finance Đukanović's lavish travels abroad and his personal expenses.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, Assault on journalist Olivera Lakić
In early May 2018 Olivera Lakić, an investigative journalist from the Montenegrin daily newspaper Vijesti, was shot and wounded in front of her house in Podgorica after she published a series of articles about allegedly corrupt businesses involving top state officials and their families. The identity of the shooter is still unknown.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, Accusations of electoral fraud
All 39 opposition MPs (out of 81 in total) are boycotting Parliament since the constitution of its current convocation in December 2016, due to claims of electoral fraud at the 2016 parliamentary elections.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Background, Accusations of electoral fraud
Opposition started demanding a snap elections and reform of Montenegrin electoral system, as well the electoral laws. The largest opposition subject, Democratic Front (DF), decided to end the boycott and return to parliament in December 2017, as did newly formed United Montenegro (UGC). The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the DEMOS both decided to end the boycott and return to parliament, after poor results in May 2018 local elections, as did Socialist People's Party (SNP) leaving Democratic Montenegro (DCG) and United Reform Action (URA), who remained in the boycott with the same demands.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests
Protests started after the revelation of footage and documents that appear to implicate top officials in obtaining suspicious funds for the Đukanović' party. The demonstrations were organized by newly formed 97,000 - Odupri se!


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests
(97,000 - Resist!) civic group, an informal group of intellectuals, academics, NGO activists and journalists and supported from Montenegrin parliamentary opposition parties: Democratic Montenegro, United Reform Action, DEMOS, Socialist People's Party, Social Democratic Party, United Montenegro, as well as Democratic Front alliance (all 39 opposition MPs, out of 81 in total) and newly formed extra-parliamentary parties such as the populist True Montenegro, the liberal the Montenegrin and the left-wing New Left.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests
They demanded that the government fold for the formation of a technical government, on the grounds that the conditions for free and transparent elections are not in place, but also for the resignation of President Đukanovic and the chief prosecutor for organized crime, among other people. The leader and the most notable figure of the protests was Džemal Perović, a civic activist, former MP of the Liberal Alliance.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests
The political backgrounds of protesters and organisers are diverse, with both left-wing, liberal, moderate, and right-wing factions voicing opposition to the government. As support to the main protests in Podgorica, political parties Democrats, Demos and the Montenegrin organized a series of separate minor protests led by its leaders Aleksa Bečić, Miodrag Lekić and Vladimir Pavićević in other Montenegrin settlements, under the slogan "He is done, don't be afraid!".


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests
On 30 March, all 39 opposition MPs in the 81-seat parliament signed “Agreement for the Future”, proposed by the protest organizers a week before, pledging unity in the fight against the 30-year rule of Đukanović's party. Đukanović, Marković, and other prominent ruling party representatives denied that the country was going through a political crisis, accusing protesters of being financed and organized by the opposition parties and businessman Duško Knežević and that their goal was to destabilize the country. Organizers reject any connection with Knežević, considering him as part of the corrupt Montenegrin system. In mid-April 2019 after he stopped supporting the protests and its organizers, Knežević, in absentia formed his own civic group named "To freedom! ", announcing parallel anti-government protests. Protests eventually have failed in mid-2019.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Anti-corruption protests, Demands
Organizers accuse President Milo Đukanović of presiding over poverty, a loss of human rights and media freedom, partocracy and systematic corruption. The organizers' main demands are his resignation, but also of Prime Minister Duško Marković and his cabinet, to form a technical government that would prepare the conditions for free and transparent elections. They seek the resignation also of the State Prosecutor Ivica Stanković, and the chief prosecutor for organized crime Milivoje Katnić, accusing both of ignoring evidence and not prosecuting manifest corruption in the ranks of Đukanović's inner circle. Protesters later demanded irrevocable resignations of the Montenegrin state-owned broadcaster, its council and the director general, accusing them of partiality and ruling-party propaganda.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Electoral Laws Reform Board
In August 2019 the opposition Democratic Montenegro and United Reform Action parties, although initially boycotted, both decided to participate in the future work of the board for electoral system reform, following the intervention of the European Union Delegation in Montenegro and European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, in order to create conditions for holding fair and free elections in 2020.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Electoral Laws Reform Board
After the Democratic Montenegro (Democrats) joined the Board, the right-wing Democratic Front alliance decides to quit, accusing the Democrats of betraying opposition interests.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Electoral Laws Reform Board
Board eventually failed at the end of December 2019, after the Democrats left the board sessions in the protest to passing the controversial religious law by the Parliament of Montenegro, accusing the ruling party of inciting ethnic hatred and unrest.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Aftermath
As of December 2019 another wave of protest started in Montenegro, against the newly adopted controversial religion law which de jure transfers the ownership of church buildings and estates from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro to the Montenegrin state, with a portion of 2019 protesters joining the new movement.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Aftermath
In its political rights and civil liberties worldwide report in May 2020, Freedom House marked Montenegro as a hybrid regime rather than a democracy because of declining standards in governance, justice, elections and media freedom. Freedom House stated that years of increasing state capture, abuse of power and strongman tactics employed by long-term Prime Minister and President Milo Đukanović had tipped country over the edge, and for the first time since 2003, Montenegro was no longer categorised as a democracy. The report emphasised the unequal electoral process, cases of political arrests, negative developments related to judicial independence, media freedoms, as well as a series of unresolved cases of corruption within the DPS-led government.


2019 Montenegrin anti-corruption protests, Aftermath
To date, no official proceedings have been initiated against corruption within a DPS-led government, involved in corruption scandals remain in their offices. As of announcing the parliamentary election for August 2020, anti-corruption protest organizers, along with some opposition parties, started a campaign for the boycott of the 2020 parliamentary elections, claiming that the elections would not be held under fair conditions.


2019 Monterrey Challenger
The 2019 Monterrey Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Monterrey, Mexico from 1 to 7 April 2019.


2019 Monterrey Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Monterrey Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Monterrey Challenger – Doubles
Marcelo Arévalo and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Monterrey Challenger – Doubles
Evan King and Nathan Pasha won the title after defeating Santiago González and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Monterrey Challenger – Singles
David Ferrer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Monterrey Challenger – Singles
Alexander Bublik won the title after defeating Emilio Gómez 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Monterrey Open
The 2019 Monterrey Open (also known as the 2019 Abierto GNP Seguros for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Monterrey Open and an International tournament on the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Sonoma in Monterrey, Mexico, from 1 to 7 April 2019.


2019 Monterrey Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Monterrey Open – Doubles
Naomi Broady and Sara Sorribes Tormo were the defending champions, but Broady chose not to participate and Sorribes Tormo chose to compete in Charleston instead.


2019 Monterrey Open – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Monique Adamczak and Jessica Moore in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4.


2019 Monterrey Open – Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, after Victoria Azarenka retired in the final with a leg injury with the score at 6–1, 3–1.


2019 Montgomery mayoral election
The 2019 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 28 and October 8, 2019, to elect the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.


2019 Montgomery mayoral election
Incumbent Republican Mayor Todd Strange, who had been elected to three full terms as mayor, did not seek re-election to a fourth full term in office.


2019 Montgomery mayoral election
With no candidate receiving a majority of the vote, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates. Two candidates, Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed and businessman David Woods, made it to the October 8 runoff, with Reed winning the runoff.


2019 Montgomery mayoral election
Reed then became the city's first African-American mayor after being sworn in on November 12, 2019.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2019 Montreal Alouettes season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 65th overall. The Alouettes finished with a 10–8 record and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2014 following a week 17 win over the Calgary Stampeders on October 5, 2019. The club hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2014, having finished in second place in the East Division. However, they lost the game to the Edmonton Eskimos by a score of 37–29.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season
The team's head coach, Mike Sherman, abruptly departed June 8, 2019, after the team had played its first two preseason games. Khari Jones became the team's interim head coach and this was the third season under general manager, Kavis Reed. Shortly after their fourth game of the season, Reed was dismissed by the Alouettes on July 14, 2019 by team president and CEO Patrick Boivin. His position is being filled by Assistant General Manager of Player Personnel, Joe Mack, with other duties shared by Jones and Director of Football Operations, Patrick Donovan.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season
The Alouettes entered the season with significantly different home and away uniforms for the first time since the 2000 season. The club also announced a change in stadium seating with gameday capacity at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium being "strategically lower(ed)" from 23,430 to 20,025 seats (the same capacity it had before the stadium was expanded to accommodate the CFL, which normally requires stadiums to have at least 24,000 seats) and average ticket prices being reduced from $84 to $75.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, Banishment of Johnny Manziel
On February 27, 2019, Johnny Manziel, a quarterback for the Alouettes in 2018, was permanently banned from playing on any CFL team as a result of what the Alouettes called an unspecified "(contravention of) the agreement which made him eligible to play." Manziel denied any wrongdoing but accepted the banishment, stating he would consider playing options in the United States such as the Alliance of American Football or the XFL.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, Bob Wetenhall relinquishes ownership
On May 31, 2019, Robert C. Wetenhall, the owner of the Alouettes for most of the time since the team relocated from Baltimore in the late 1990s, surrendered control of the Alouettes franchise to the Canadian Football League, which will attempt to sell the franchise to a new owner. Two ownership groups have publicly expressed interest in buying the team: Eric Lapointe, a former Alouettes running back; and Clifford Starke, a 35-year-old medical cannabis entrepreneur. Lapointe had previously made an offer to Wetenhall in 2017 but had been rebuffed; Lapointe acknowledged that Wetenhall was reluctant to sell the team to him. Lapointe withdrew from bidding in April 2019. Vincent Guzzo met with the CFL in mid-May to submit a purchase bid.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, Foreign drafts
For the first time in its history, the CFL held drafts for foreign players from Mexico and Europe. Like all other CFL teams, the Alouettes held three non-tradeable selections in the 2019 CFL–LFA Draft, which took place on January 14, 2019. The 2019 European CFL Draft took place on April 11, 2019 where all teams held one non-tradeable pick.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2019 CFL Draft took place on May 2, 2019. The Alouettes selected second in each round of the draft, less any traded and forfeited picks, by virtue of finishing second-last in the league standings. The club forfeited their first-round selection after selecting Tyler Johnstone in the 2018 Supplemental Draft. They also traded away their second-round pick to Hamilton as part of the Ryan Bomben and Jamal Robinson trade.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The Alouettes upgraded their scheduled third-round pick to a second-round pick by trading Tyrell Sutton to the BC Lions and acquired another second-round pick by trading Chris Ackie to the Ottawa Redblacks. The Alouettes re-acquired a third-round selection by trading Vernon Adams to the Saskatchewan Roughriders (who eventually re-joined the Alouettes as a free agent in 2018).


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Regular season, Schedule
In the late evening of August 9 at 9:06 pm EDT, a weather delay was declared at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium due to an approaching thunderstorm with intense lightning; the Roughriders were leading the Alouettes 17–10 with 2:41 left in the 3rd quarter. Because the game had not restarted by 10:06 pm EDT and over 7:30 had been played in the 3rd at that point, the game was decided to be official and the 17–10 score was declared final.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Regular season, Schedule
In week 11, the Alouettes were the "away" team as they played the Toronto Argonauts in the fourth regular season installment of Touchdown Atlantic in Moncton, New Brunswick.


2019 Montreal Alouettes season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate American playersBold indicates Global players updated 2019-11-09 • 46 Roster, 7 One-game Injured8 Six-game Injured, 10 Practice Roster


2019 Montreal Impact season
The 2019 Montreal Impact season was the club's 26th season of existence, and their 8th in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the Canadian soccer pyramid.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Squad, International roster slots
Montreal has ten MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2018 season. Montreal has eight slots allotted from the league and the team acquired three spots in trades with the Columbus Crew SC, Colorado Rapids and FC Cincinnati.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Player Movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2019 Montreal Impact season, International caps
Players called for senior international duty during the 2019 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Friendlies, Review
Montreal Impact had a successful Pre-Season time, winning over Nashville, Philadelphia, D.C. United and tying versus Cincinnati and Tampa Bay Rowdies.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Major League Soccer, Tables, Results summary
Last updated: August 17, 2019Source: 2019 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  D = Matches drawn;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2019 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Top scorers
Updated to match played October 6, 2019Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Top Assists
Updated to match played October 6, 2019Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Goals Against Average
Updated to match played October 6, 2019Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2019 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Top minutes played
Updated to match played October 6, 2019Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2019 Montreux Ladies Open
The 2019 Montreux Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Montreux, Switzerland between 2 and 8 September 2019.


2019 Montreux Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Montreux Ladies Open – Doubles
Andreea Mitu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Montreux Ladies Open – Doubles
Xenia Knoll and Mandy Minella won the title, defeating Ylena In-Albon and Conny Perrin in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2019 Montreux Ladies Open – Singles
Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Montreux Ladies Open – Singles
Olga Danilović won the title, defeating Julia Grabher in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2019 Montreux Volley Masters
The 2019 Montreux Volley Masters was the 34rd edition of the women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland.


2019 Montreux Volley Masters, Group stage
The first 2 teams of each group qualify for the final round.


2019 Montserratian general election
General elections were held in Montserrat on 18 November 2019 for the nine elected seats in the Legislative Assembly. The result was a victory for the opposition Movement for Change and Prosperity, which won five of the nine elected seats.


2019 Montserratian general election, Electoral system
The Legislative Assembly has eleven members, of which nine are elected. The other two seats are taken by the Attorney General and the Financial Secretary. The territory is a single nine-member constituency, with voters able to vote for up to nine candidates on their ballot paper under plurality-at-large voting.


2019 Montserratian general election, Campaign
A total of 35 candidates contested the elections. The Movement for Change and Prosperity was the only party to put forward a full slate of nine candidates, with the ruling People's Democratic Movement (PDM) putting forward seven. Two new parties contested the elections; the Montserrat United Labour Party had five candidates and the Montserrat National Congress three. Eleven independent candidates also ran, including incumbent Premier Donaldson Romeo, who announced he would run as an independent after he was ousted as leader of the PDM shortly after announcing the elections had been called.


2019 Montserratian general election, Results
The Movement for Change and Prosperity gained three seats, earning a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The People's Democratic Movement lost four seats and was reduced to only three MLAs. Romeo was re-elected as the sole independent MLA.


2019 Monza Formula 2 round
The 2019 Monza FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 7 and 8 September 2019 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the ninth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix.


2019 Monza Formula 2 round, Aftermath of Spa incident
After the aborted attempt to conduct races at Spa-Francorchamps abandoned following a multiple-car pileup that killed Anthoine Hubert (BWT Arden) and seriously injured Juan Manuel Correa (Sauber Junior Team by Charouz) that also involved Giuliano Alesi (Trident), whose car was impounded by authorities as part of the crash investigation, all three teams ran one car, meaning Tatiana Calderón (Arden) and Callum Ilott (Charouz) would be the only cars for their team, while Trident benched Ralph Boschung for Alesi, who was not injured in the crash.


2019 Monza Formula 3 round
The 2019 Monza FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 7 and 8 September 2019 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the seventh round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 Italian Grand Prix.


2019 Monza Formula 3 round, Classification, Qualifying
The Qualifying session took place on 6 September 2019, with Christian Lundgaard scoring pole position.


2019 More Europe leadership election
The 2019 More Europe leadership election was a congressional primary election which took place on 25, 26 and 27 January 2019 at Milan to elect the new party leadership and to decide upon the political direction of the party.


2019 More Europe leadership election
After the result of the 2018 general election, the three parties that cooperated to the electoral joint list agreed to move on and convert the electoral list into a full-fledged party. The main candidates to the Secretary are the former MEP Marco Cappato, current member of the Chamber of Deputies Alessandro Fusacchia and former MEP Benedetto Della Vedova.


2019 More Europe leadership election
With 55.7% of the votes, Benedetto Della Vedova was elected as Secretary of More Europe.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
The electoral list was launched in November 2017 by two liberal and pro-Europeanist parties, the Italian Radicals, whose leading members included Emma Bonino, Riccardo Magi and Marco Cappato, and the newborn Forza Europa, led by Benedetto Della Vedova, with the goal to take part in the next general election under the leadership of Emma Bonino. Emma Bonino showed off the list's electoral logo, with her name on it, during an interview at Che tempo che fa, an Italian late-night talk show.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
However, in January their alliance with the centre-left was breaking apart due to technical difficulties. The electoral law approved in November 2017 required that the parties that wants to run in the elections and are not supported by any parliamentary group must collect 1,500 signatures for each of the 63 proportional constituencies in which the country has been divided according to the electoral law. However, since the constituencies were published only a few weeks before the elections, for the 2018 elections the number of signatures was reduced to 400, for a total of 25,200 signatures requested.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
The objection of More Europe concerned the fact that in the form to collect the signatures, they must indicate, along with the candidates in the plurinominal constituencies, all the 348 candidates in the single-member constituencies.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
The centre-left coalition, however, had not yet reached an agreement for candidates for single-member constituencies, and More Europe believed it was impossible to collect signatures in a few days because they expected that an agreement between the centre-left coalition parties would be reached only in the last days available before the closing of the presentation of candidates, leaving less than a week for the collection of signatures. The Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party Maurizio Martina has offered to help More Europe to collect signatures within a few days, but Piercamillo Falasca, Secretary of Forza Europa, has declined the proposal explaining that the Democratic Party should ensure "equal conditions of access to the elections".


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
However, on 4 January Bruno Tabacci, leader of Democratic Centre, a party that had a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies, announced that his party would be allied with More Europe, exonerating the list from the collection of signatures. The list then announced an agreement with the Democratic Party and its centre-left coalition.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, 2018 general election
The list ran in the centre-left coalition but they got 2.56% of votes in the Chamber of Deputies, falling short to the threshold of 3% for the proportional seats, but elected three deputies in the single-member constituencies, Riccardo Magi in the constituency of Rome 10, Bruno Tabacci in the constituency of Milan 1, and Alessandro Fusacchia, elected from the Italians abroad in Europe; while in the Senate of the Republic they got 2.37% of votes, electing one senator, Emma Bonino in the constituency of Rome 1.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, The transition to a party
After the election, the future of More Europe was unclear. The Statute envisaged a deadline for the party at 30 June 2018: if the founding parties could not reach a unanimity agreement by that date, the party would have been dissolved. The leader Emma Bonino, during a press conference held two days after the elections, expressed her wish to continue with the project. However, the founding parties were divided on how to proceed and what would become More Europe. The proposal of Olivier Dupuis of the creation of a federated party was opposed by that of Riccardo Magi, who proposes to make of More Europe a pan-European confederation, maintaining the unanimity system of the founding parties.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, The transition to a party
Then the President of More Europe Gianfranco Spadaccia presented a proposal that foresees a transitional Statute, introduces the role of a Coordinator and the creation of an Executive Council composed by 15 members (5 from each of the founder parties), the direct recruitment of individual citizens as members, a constituent congress to be held before the European elections that establishes the definitive statute. Magi presented a counter-proposal that partially accepted Spadaccia's one, on condition that 6,000 members were reached by 31 May 2019.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Background, The transition to a party
In collaboration with Magi, Spadaccia makes the final proposal, which is approved unanimously by the three political subjects before the deadline, which provides for the appointment of a coordinator and two deputies and sets the date for the congress for January 2019. On July 14 the Council is officially established and Benedetto Della Vedova is elected as Coordinator, while Bruno Tabacci and Massimiliano Iervolino are elected deputies, and finally, Silvja Manzi is elected administrator. On 8 August More Europe officially opened the individual membership recruitment during a press conference and finally on 15 September the name of Emma Bonino was removed from the electoral logo of More Europe.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
The new Statute that will come into force starting from the next Congress, after its approval and the approval of the amendments, provides for the election of a Secretary, the Directorate, the Treasurer and the Assembly. The statute that will be approved during the Congress will be federal, but the system of unanimous voting will be put aside. The Assembly must call a new Congress every two years.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
With the convocation of the Congress made by the coordinator Della Vedova on 22 December, the Congress officially began. Applications must be filed for the Secretary and for the Assembly by 16 January (while subscriptions from the members last from 13 to 18 January), the former supported by at least one-tenth of the members as of 31 December 2018, 200 members, and up to a maximum of 1,000, the latter supported by at least 50 members, up to a maximum of 70.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
The candidates to Secretary must also present a list of 10 people who will be elected to the Assembly in case of victory of their Secretary, ensuring the minimum presence of each gender of 30%. The candidate lists for the Assembly must present a top candidate followed by at least five other candidates, once they are validated, each list must have at least 25 candidates, up to a maximum of 60, ensuring the minimum presence of each gender of 30%. Finally, the amendments must be supported by at least 200 members before 18 January.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
The signing of the candidates to the Secretary, the lists to the Assembly and the amendments are reserved only to the members of More Europe, who can support only one single candidate or proposal for an office and can subscribe to them from the More Europe website. The election takes place by the vote of those members who are present during the Congress at Milan, and it's not possible to delegate one's vote to others.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
The Assembly is composed of 100 members, of which 10 are elected with the list of the Secretary and 90 are elected proportionately by the Congress on the basis of the percentage obtained by the lists that have applied to run for the Assembly.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Procedure
The Treasurer and the Secretary are elected by simple majority voting of the members and their term of office lasts for two years, the President is elected from the Assembly by simple majority voting, while the Directorate is composed of 22 members of the Assembly, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the President of the Assembly, the candidates for Secretary who obtained at least 20% of the votes, the first three elected from the Secretary's list by the Assembly, two members for each of the founding parties (RI, FE and CD), and finally the representatives selected by each of the founding parties, for a maximum limit of 25% of the number of elected members of the Assembly.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign
The first one to announce his candidacy was Marco Cappato on 10 December. Secretary and then Treasurer of the Associazione Luca Coscioni, Cappato has been fighting for the legalization of euthanasia in Italy for years. In 2017 he helped Fabiano Antoniani, known as Dj Fabo, a quadriplegic man, to take him to a clinic in Switzerland to practice assisted suicide. Once back in Italy, Cappato denounced himself to the police and in October 2018 the Constitutional Court requested the Parliament to fill the legislative gap within a year. In his program, among the main points, he promoted the cutting of structural funds for EU countries that don't respect human rights, a European mobilization on climate and global warming and the promotion of an EU seat at the UN Security Council.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign
Outgoing Coordinator Benedetto Della Vedova was the other challenger in Congress. President of Forza Europa, coming from the experience of Libertiamo, his candidacy was focused on the concerns of the economic conditions of Italy and the intensification of tensions, hoping for a role of aggregation from the European Union.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign
The last to express his candidacy was the member of the Chamber of Deputies Alessandro Fusacchia, who proposed a collective leadership in the party, the valorisation of local groups and the promotion of activities through the online exchange of ideas and opinions, exploiting new technologies.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign, Radaelli's candidacy
One day before the deadline for submitting nominations as Secretary, Paola Renata Radaelli's candidacy was admitted, managing to collect the 200 subscriptions required to take part at the Congress on 25–27 January.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign, Radaelli's candidacy
She's the president of the "Victims National Union", which aims to harsher penalties against offenders, a position far apart from those of More Europe in defence of prisoners, she supported the League's reform of the self-defence, on his social profiles she published photos with her and Matteo Salvini, leader of the populist and eurosceptic right-wing party of the League, Massimiliano Fedriga and Magdi Cristiano Allam (both right-wing politicians), she ran in 2012 in the municipal elections of Genoa for The Right, a eurosceptic right-wing party, and she joined "Culture Identity", a radical right and identitarian study center.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign, Radaelli's candidacy
The list that supported her candidacy in the Assembly, "In Europe yes, but not like that", had as top candidate Gerardo Meridio, national coordinator of Moderates in Revolution, the party of Gianpiero Samorì founded for the primaries of the centre-right of 2012 that were then cancelled. On top of that, the members' increase made believes that there was an attempt to win the Congress by registering other people close to her candidacy.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Campaign, Radaelli's candidacy
Piercamillo Falasca on his social media claimed that it was a "hostile takeover" organized by a "group of sovereignists", while Silvja Manzi, administrator of More Europe, confirmed that the members' increase was "unusual", promising thorough checks. Marco Cappato then asked the administrator Silvja Manzi to have access to the registration data and to check if they had been paid more registrations with the same credit card. Silvja Manzi actually found out that 191 registrations, including that of Radaelli and Gerardo Meridio, were irregular, resulting in the exclusion of her candidacy and the list linked to her.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Debates
There were three leadership election debates held across Italy during the electoral campaign.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Aftermath
Some activists denounced the presence of buses who unloaded members arrived in Milan just to vote in the last day, in exchange for the payment of food, accommodation and travel, receiving instructions on whom to vote for. The main suspects behind the operation were Bruno Tabacci and the former candidate for mayor of Palermo Fabrizio Ferrandelli, who supported Benedetto Della Vedova at the Congress.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Aftermath
Della Vedova initially said he knew nothing, while Tabacci challenged the idea that voters arrived by bus were unaware of what they were voting, claiming the use of buses to make people vote from all over Italy. It was discovered that two of those elected to the Assembly in the Tabacci's list were part of the list (later excluded) of Paola Renata Radaelli.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Aftermath
Michele Boldrin, one of the external supporter of Marco Cappato, said that Della Vedova must "start to be ashamed", while Emma Bonino, the founder, preferred not to comment on the incident. Then Cappato asked Della Vedova and Fusacchia to make a joint lodge complaint with the authority competent to start inspections if necessary, an initiative welcomed by Ferrandelli, who also asked him to focus on external enemies instead of feeding the internal suspects.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Aftermath
However, in a video posted on Facebook, Tabacci accused the Radicals that they did not accept the results of the Congress and the victory of Della Vedova, and he accused Boldrin, de Blasi and Cappato that they had caused the controversy of the buses. Cappato challenged the accusation by saying that he recognized the results of the Congress but did not accept the methods by which it took place. Later, Della Vedova announced his intention to understand what happened during the Congress, without expressing support for the Cappato proposal.


2019 More Europe leadership election, Aftermath
The deputy Alessandro Fusacchia, one of the challengers to the Secretary, asked Della Vedova to investigate the incident, accepting the proposal of Cappato, otherwise, he would have dissolved the party group in the Chamber of Deputies. One week after the Congress, Cappato announces that he no longer wanted to be part of the governing bodies of More Europe, until the case has been cleared, and regretting the silence of the party leaders.


2019 Morehead State Eagles football team
The 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team represents Morehead State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Rob Tenyer and play their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.


2019 Morehead State Eagles football team, Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2018 season 3–8, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.


2019 Morehead State Eagles football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019. The Eagles were picked to finish tied for ninth place.


2019 Morehead State Eagles football team, Preseason, Preseason All-PFL teams
The Eagles had one player selected to the preseason all–PFL teams.


2019 Morelos Open
The 2019 Morelos Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cuernavaca, Mexico between 18–24 February 2019.


2019 Morelos Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Morelos Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2019 Morelos Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Morelos Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Morelos Open – Doubles
Roberto Maytín and Fernando Romboli were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Morelos Open – Doubles
André Göransson and Marc-Andrea Hüsler won the title after defeating Gonzalo Escobar and Luis David Martínez 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] in the final.


2019 Morelos Open – Singles
Dennis Novikov was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Renzo Olivo.


2019 Morelos Open – Singles
Matías Franco Descotte won the title after defeating Gonzalo Escobar 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Morgan State Bears football team
The 2019 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tyrone Wheatley. The Bears played their home games at Hughes Stadium and were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2019 Morgan State Bears football team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2019 Morgan State Bears football team, Previous season
On November 22, 2018 MSU Athletic Director Edward Scott announced that the search for a full-time head coach would begin, with interim head coach Ernest T. Jones being a candidate for the position. Ultimately, Tyrone Wheatley was announced as the new head coach on February 7, 2019. Jones decided to move on from the MSU staff, finishing his interim head coaching tenure with a record of 4–7.


2019 Morgan State Bears football team, Preseason, MEAC preseason poll
In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, released at the conference's media day on July 26, the Bears were picked to finish in eight place and received one first place vote.


2019 Morgan State Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason All-MEAC Team
The Bears had ten players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.


2019 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 2019 Moroccan Throne Cup was the 63rd staging of the Moroccan Throne Cup, the main knockout football tournament in Morocco. TAS de Casablanca became the champions by beating Hassania Agadir with 2–1 in the final. For the first time in the history of the tournament, VAR was used (only from the semi-finals onwards).


2019 Moroccan Throne Cup, Final phase, Bracket, Round of 32
The Round of 32 matches were played on 30 and 31 August 2019, 1 and 24 September 2019.


2019 Moroccan Throne Cup, Final phase, Bracket, Round of 16
The Round of 16 matches were played on 25, 27 September and 2 October 2019.


2019 Moroccan Throne Cup, Final phase, Bracket, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 22, 23  and 24 October 2019.


2019 Moroccan Throne Cup, Final phase, Bracket, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 9 and 10 November 2019.


2019 Moroccan teachers protest
The 2019 Moroccan protests (Arabic: 2019 احتجاجات المغرب) were mass non-violent protests and civil demonstrations led by teachers and students that occurred from January to May 2019 throughout Morocco.


2019 Moroccan teachers protest, Movement
In February, teachers led five days of strikes against poor working conditions took place. The demonstrations were met with police repression which led to rallies, marches and civil disobedience campaigns attended by tens of thousands of protesters and teachers on the streets in Casablanca, the focal point of the strikes.


2019 Moroccan teachers protest, Movement
The protests continued into April, led by teacher unions who rallied for job security and better wages.


2019 Moroccan teachers protest, Movement
After weeks of protests and unrest, the King pardoned protesters and protests went on and off, with small protests and rallies occurred in September. Protesters in February also commemorated the protests of the 2011-2012 Moroccan protests although they were attacked by police.


2019 Mosconi Cup
The 2019 Mosconi Cup (also known as Mosconi Cup XXVI) was a team nine-ball tournament. The event is the 26th Mosconi Cup event, first held in 1994. The competition features matches between teams of five representing Europe and the United States. The event was held at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, United States between 25–28 November 2019. The event is based on the similar Ryder Cup series of events held in golf.


2019 Mosconi Cup
The USA team were defending champions, having won the 2018 event 11–9. Despite trailing 2-3 after the first day, the USA team took a 8–7 lead on day three, and eventually won 11–8. Skyler Woodward won the Most Valuable Player award for the second time, having also done so the year prior.


2019 Moscow City Duma election
Election to the 7th convocation of the Moscow City Duma took place on the United Voting Day on 8 September 2019. The elections were held in a first-past-the-post system: 45 deputies were elected in 45 single-member constituencies. The term of the new Duma will be five years.


2019 Moscow City Duma election, Background and preparations
The Moscow City Election Commission organizes 3,616 polling stations, of which 3,440 - at the places of residence, 176 - at places of temporary residence (hospitals, sanatoriums, places of temporary detention of suspects and accused, and other places of temporary stay).


2019 Moscow City Duma election, Background and preparations
Candidates for registration must collect voter signatures in their support in the amount of 3% of all constituency voters (from 4,500 to 5,500 signatures). However, regardless of whether a candidate has enough valid signatures, a candidate will not be on the ballot if more than 10% of the signatures are considered flawed by the Moscow City Election Commission (MCEC).


2019 Moscow City Duma election, Background and preparations
Candidates nominated by political parties represented in the State Duma (United Russia, CPRF, LDPR, A Just Russia) could nominate their candidates without collecting signatures. However, United Russia did not formally nominate any candidates. Its supporters will go to the polls as independents because of low ratings of the party. In order for as few United Russia 'independent' candidates as possible to go to the Moscow City Duma, Alexey Navalny launched the “Smart Voting” project, calling for voting for the strongest candidates among those who are not members of United Russia.